Thomas FITCH

(1838-1923)

FITCH, Thomas, a
Representative from Nevada; born in New York City January 27, 1838;
attended the public schools; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1855, and
to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1856; employed as a clerk; local editor of
the Milwaukee Free Democrat in 1859 and 1860; moved to California
in 1860; editor of the San Francisco Times and Placerville
Republican; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced;
member of the California assembly in 1862 and 1863; moved to Nevada
in June 1863; elected a member of the convention which framed the
State constitution in 1864; Union nominee for Territorial Delegate
to Congress in 1864; district attorney of Washoe County in 1865 and
1866; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4,
1869-March 3, 1871); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870
to the Forty-second Congress; continued the practice of law; moved
to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1909 and was employed as a writer on the
Times; died in Decoto, Calif., November 12, 1923; interment in
Cypress Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present